Dish-drainer.



P. J. B. MULLER.

DISH DRAINEB..

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 27, 1909.

946,977. Patented Jan. 18,1910.

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ATTORNEYS narran srarns rarnnr orrron PETER J. B. MULLER, OF NEW YORK,N. Y.

DISH-DRAINER.

Application filed February 27, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fn'rnr. J. B. MULLER, a citizen of the Republic ofFrance, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Dish-Drainers, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionf This inventionrelates more particularly to a device for household use in which dishesto be drained may be properly supported within the same, and which wheninverted may be used as a scouring board for knives and other householdarticles.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and etlicientdevice which may be easily constructed and which is so .made as toprovide a receptacle when in one position which is adapted to hold thedishes on edge or otherwise so that the same may be drained properlyafter being washed, and which is adapted to hold a board or similarsurface to adapt the device to provide means whereby knives, forks orother articles may be properly scoured or cleaned, thus overcoming theobjection to having separate devices for such purposes, and to constructthe device so that the different features may cooperate to form a strongunitary and useful article.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientdevice in which the draining feature of the invention may serve as aframe for the scouring feature and the latter as a means to strengthenand support the bottom of the receptacle, and in which suitable drainageand ventilating means may be provided.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawingswhich form a part of this specification, and will thenbe pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of one form ofdevice embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section throughthe device showing the brackets folded over within the receptacle. Fig.8 is a transverse section with one of the brackets broken away; and Fig.11 is a transverse section similar to Fig. 3 showing how the waste waterdrained from the dishes may be allowed to pass from within thereceptacle.

The body 10 is substantially rectangular Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 18, 11910.

Serial No. 480,438.

or of any other desired form, and comprises a marginal wall 11, andbetween the upper and lower edges ofthe marginal wall is a bottom ormember 12 forming a receptacle 13 on one side and a recess 14; on theother side of said bottom or member 12. This bottom 12 is corrugated, asat 15, against which the edges of the dishes are adapted to rest whilebeing drained so as to be supported in an upright position, andpivotally held between the sides 16 and 17 of the wall 11 so as toproject above the receptacle are the brackets 18, one at or near eachend of the body portion. These brackets are piv otally held to the sidesand may be substantially U-shaped and are each provided with atransverse rod 19 for strengthening purposes and are so arranged thatthey may be swung downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, within the receptaclewhen the device is not in use, and may be placed at an angle to assistin supporting and holding the dishes to be drained properly, said wall11 of the body having its ends 2O and 21 provided with suitable handles22 whereby the device may be readily carried.

The corrugations 15 of the bottom 12 may be of any desired form. Asshown they are substantially semi-cylindrical, and fitting in the recess14 between the ends and sides of the wall 11 is a board or other member23 which is adapted to be held in said recess under the receptacle insuch a way that the wall 11 forms a support for the block or member Q3and the latter also serves as a means to strengthen and sustain thewalls as well as the bottom 12. This scouring member Q3 may be providedwith semi-cylindrical grooves 2e which when opposed to the groovesformed by the corrugation 15 make a plurality of substantially roundopenings extending transversely through the device, the walls 1G and 17being provided with openings 25 which are in alinementwith the openingsformed by the corrugations in the bottom and the grooves in the scouringmember 23. These transverse openings permit a circulation of air on theinner side of the scouring member to assist in drying the latter member,for when said member is made of wood it will absorb considerablemoisture or water which may be used while scouring or which the woodwill absorb when the device is being used as a dish drainer. By thismeans the board or scouring member 23 may by the circulation of air onthe CIK inner side be more readily dried, and while the device isadapted for two purposes the parts of the draining receptacle will co`operate with the scouring feature one to stiengthen the other and eachto assist in making the other more effective.

In l* ig. t the construction is substantially the same as shown in Figs.l to 3, except that the corrugations 15 ai'e provided with a number ofopenings 26 whereby the water passing from the dishes while beingdrained may enter the openings formed by the cori'ugations and thegrooves in the scouring member so that the water may pass from thereceptacle 13 into the sink or other place in which the device may belocated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and etlicient device isprovided whereby dishes may be properly held and drained and the devicewhen inverted adapted to be used for scouring knives, forks and otherarticles; that said device is simple in construction and may be readilymade and assembled; that the parts serving for one purpose will assistand cooperate with the other feature in making a simple device capableof different uses, and that simple means are provided whereby air may bemade to pass transversely thereof or the waste in drainage to passbetween the receptacle and the scouring member laterally from thedevice.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

l. In a device of the character described,

a corrugated bottom forming grooveson the under side thereof, and agrooved member secured beneath said bottom and having its groovesopposed to the grooves of the corrugatioiis to provide transverse openings through the device.

2. A device of the character described having a marginal wall andcorrugated bottom located between the upper and lower edges of the wallforming grooves on the under side of said bottom, a grooved membersecured beneath said bottom, and having its grooves opposed to thegrooves of the corrugations to provide transverse openings through thedevice, said wall being provided with openings registering with the endsof said transverse openings, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. A device of the character described having a marginal wall andcorrugated bottom located between the upper and lower edges of the wallforming grooves on the under side of said bottom, a grooved meinbersecured beneath said bottom and having its grooves opposed to thegrooves of the corrugations to provide transverse openings through thedevice, said wall being provided with openings registering with the endsof said transverse openings, and brackets pivot-ally held to the sidesof the marginal walls at the ends thereof, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

at. In a device of the character described, a perforated corrugatedbottom forming grooves on the under side thereof, and a grooifed membersecured beneath said bottoni and having its grooves opposed to thegrooves of the corrugations to provide transverse openings through thedevice.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25th day of February A. D.1909.

PETER J. B. MULLER.

Witnesses M. F. KEATING, C. BARTELS.

